# Best AI Development Agencies in Belfast

> 3 agencies. Top-ranked: Kainos, Analytics Engines, Sonrai Analytics.

Canonical page: https://www.aiagencies.eu/services/ai-development/belfast
Generated: 2026-09-24 · Curated by Gabor Kiss · No paid placements — inclusion, score, and rank are never sold.

## Ranked roster
1. **Kainos** — Belfast, United Kingdom · rate not published · team 1000+ · founded 1986 · services: AI Development, Generative AI, AI Consulting · 6 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-08 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/kainos
2. **Analytics Engines** — Belfast, United Kingdom · €45-85/hr (directory-listed) · team 10-49 · founded 2008 · services: AI Consulting, AI Development · 6 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-08 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/analytics-engines
3. **Sonrai Analytics** — Belfast, United Kingdom · rate not published · team 10-49 · founded 2018 · services: AI Development, AI Consulting · 3 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-08 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/sonrai-analytics


## About this market
Development in Belfast is concentrated in three firms with genuinely different output. Analytics Engines builds bespoke systems on client infrastructure: it rewrote the gap statistic in the Almac Group's bioinformatics pipeline, cutting a 33-hour run to 45 minutes on a half-rack server that never left Almac's own premises, and built PERSPECTIVE for The National Gallery in London, unifying Wi-Fi data and people counters into visitor-flow analysis. Sonrai Analytics builds computational-pathology tools for whole-slide image analysis, including devices prepared for Notified Body submission under the EU IVD Regulation. Kainos develops at program scale, with a Microsoft AI Centre of Excellence behind it.

Read the two smaller firms' work carefully before assuming a category. Analytics Engines' strongest published engagements are data engineering and analytics rather than models, which is worth knowing if you arrived looking for machine learning specifically. Sonrai's are unambiguously models, but almost entirely in life sciences.

## Questions buyers ask

### How much do AI Development agencies in Belfast charge?
Of the 3 AI Development agencies on this page, 1 publish complete hourly rate ranges. They range from €45 to €85, with a median around €65. Across the register, rated agencies in Europe bill €65–110/hr (148 rated). 1 agency operates under €100/hr: Analytics Engines.

### Which are the top-rated AI Development agencies in Belfast?
Based on our editorial scoring (portfolio quality, business credibility, and case study depth), the top-ranked AI Development agencies in Belfast are Kainos, Analytics Engines, Sonrai Analytics. See the full review on each agency's profile.

### Are there Belfast AI Development agencies specializing in Healthcare?
Yes — 3 agencies on this page list Healthcare experience. Top examples include Kainos, Analytics Engines, Sonrai Analytics.

### How recent are these AI Development agency reviews?
All 3 agencies on this page were editorially reviewed on Sep 8, 2026. See our review methodology for how scores are calculated.

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Source: AIAgencies.eu — the curated register of European AI agencies. Rate provenance: "agency-confirmed" = disclosed via submission or claimed profile; "directory-listed" = Clutch or two agreeing B2B directories (lone unverified sources are never written). Full method: https://www.aiagencies.eu/methodology · Rate index: https://www.aiagencies.eu/rates